Henry Dickinson GREEN

(1857-1929)

GREEN, Henry Dickinson, a
Representative from Pennsylvania; born in Reading, Berks County,
Pa., May 3, 1857; attended the public schools, and was graduated
from the Reading High School in 1872 and Yale College in 1877;
studied law; was admitted to the bar in 1879 and commenced practice
in Reading, Pa.; member of the State house of representatives
1883-1886; served in the State senate 1889-1896; captain of Company
G, Ninth Regiment, Pennsylvania Volunteers, in the war with Spain
in 1898; delegate to the Democratic National Convention in 1900;
elected as a Democrat to the Fifty-sixth Congress to fill the
vacancy caused by the death of Daniel Ermentrout; reelected to the
Fifty-seventh Congress and served from November 7, 1899, to March
3, 1903; was not a candidate for renomination; editor of the
Reading Telegram 1903-1912 and of the Reading Times 1911-1913;
resumed the practice of law in Reading, Pa.; also admitted to the
bar in Texas in 1920; engaged in oil operation in the midcontinent
oil field; died in Reading, Pa., on December 29, 1929; interment in
Arlington National Cemetery.

Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present